Tax

Buka imposed tax on betelnut

A concerned Bougainvillean, Julian Jaavi told Loop PNG that the ABG is thinking at last to generate income for itself.

“Highlanders have been coming all the way down here to the coast to buy our betelnut and go and make thousands up in the highlands,” Jaavi said.

“And they have been evading tax all these time ever since MV Chebu started making runs.

“We Bougainvilleans, would like to thank the member for Kokoda in the ABG Rodney Osioco for making this call to tax betelnut.

Fiji tax body probed

The Finance Minister Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum says investigators from the country's Independent Commission Against Corruption or FICAC seized documents and computers from the agency on Friday after a complaint from the ministry.

FBC News reports Mr Sayed-Khaiyum has given a stern warning to business people and customs officers not to give or take bribes.